After breakfast was another manual labor stint, this time chopping down trees in the wilderness to make poles for game capture. We needed about 100 in order to set up another location in the bush from which to hang the nets to ensnare some of the plains game. There was nothing glorious about the job, but while we were en route we got pretty close to three giraffes that continued to watch us while we worked.
After lunch, were supposed to go on a game count, where you drive around the reserve and just count how many animals you spot. They use these numbers to monitor what the lions are eating, births occurring, and the possibility of poachers. However, we only got a few minutes into the reserve before our Land Rover broke down. We were able to drive back to the camp, so it's not like we were completely stranded, but it made our game count end prematurely. All we saw was a group of six waterbok. However, as a form of compensation, William the game warden let us go inside the tiger toddler cage and play with Hobbes (after the tiger cartoon). Hobbes thinks he's still just a tiny cub, but he's getting to be a pretty big and powerful animal. He liked putting his arms around William the most, but at his encouragement Hobbes would jump into all of our laps in time.
After dinner, it was just the same as last night and I spent my time after a movie reading on the patio before bed. We have earl grey tea brewing 24 hours a day, so I enjoy sitting outside before it gets too dark and have a cup of tea with my book. Once the sun goes down, the bugs get pretty intense and I head inside.
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